Using the Forefront Management Shell to enter Windows PowerShell
commands, you can export your Forefront Protection 2010 for
Exchange Server (FPE) configuration to an .xml file that you can
then use to:

Customize your configuration settings after a
new installation.

Duplicate that configuration on another
system.

Help recover your system after a failure.

Caution:

When importing configuration settings from one server to
another, all of the settings on the target computer will be
overwritten. It is recommended that you only export and import
configuration settings onto computers with similar role
configurations.

Note:

This topic describes simple import and export procedures. If
you are backing up and restoring FPE data to aid in a disaster
recovery situation, see Backing up and
restoring.

To export your configuration settings

Create a new folder for your settings (for example:
C:\ConfigSettings).

Export your configuration settings to an .xml file in
that folder, by following these steps.

Click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Microsoft Forefront Server Protection, and then click
Forefront Management Shell.

Enter the following Windows PowerShell command, using the -path
parameter to identify the name of the .xml file to be created and
the folder into which it should be placed:

Export-FseSettings -path
c:\ConfigSettings\Export.xml

The configuration file is exported to the .xml file.

If you have set any extended options, they must be
exported separately, since they are not included in the previous
command. To export all extended options to a text file called
Extended.txt, type the following Windows PowerShell command (the
"*" value of the -name parameter causes all extended options to be
exported):

Get-FseExtendedOption -name * >>
c:\ConfigSettings\Extended.txt

To import your configuration settings

Click Start, point to All Programs, point
to Microsoft Forefront Server Protection, and then click
Forefront Management Shell.

Enter the following Windows PowerShell command:

Import-FseSettings -path
c:\ConfigSettings\Export.txt

The configuration file is imported.

Enter the following Windows PowerShell command:

Get-FseExtendedOption -name *

All of your current extended options are listed along
with their values.

Compare your current extended options to the options
you previously exported to the Extended.txt file.

If you want to modify any of your current extended
options, enter the following Windows PowerShell command:

Set-FseExtendedOption -namename-Valuevalue

Where name is the parameter name and
value is the new parameter value. You must enter each
extended option separately.

If you want to recreate extended options that do not
exist on your current system, enter the following Windows
PowerShell command: